Εὔμηλος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From εὐ- (eu-, good) +‎ μῆλον (mêlon, “sheep, goat”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ěu̯.mɛː.los/ → /ˈeβ.mi.los/ → /ˈev.mi.los/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ěu̯.mɛː.los/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈew.me̝.los/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈeβ.mi.los/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈev.mi.los/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈev.mi.los/

Proper noun

Εὔμηλος • (Eúmēlos) m (genitive Εὐμήλου); second declension

1. (Greek mythology) Eumelus, son of Admetus and Alcestis
2. a male given name, equivalent to English Eumelus

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Εὔμηλος; τοῦ Εὐμήλου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Εὔμηλος ho Eúmēlos
Genitive	τοῦ Εὐμήλου toû Eumḗlou
Dative	τῷ Εὐμήλῳ tôi Eumḗlōi
Accusative	τὸν Εὔμηλον tòn Eúmēlon
Vocative	Εὔμηλε Eúmēle
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: Eumēlus

Further reading

• “Εὔμηλος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• Εὔμηλος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette